Sasha O'Connell

Sasha O’Connell is an Executive in Residence at American University where she teaches cyber policy. She spent the majority of her career at the FBI where she served most recently as the organization's Chief Policy Advisory, Science and Technology and as the Section Chief of Office of National Policy for the FBI's Deputy Director where she led policy engagement with the National Security Council on a wide breadth of issues. Among other roles, Sasha ran the FBI's Strategy Management Office where she led implementation of the Balanced Scorecard for the FBI's Director and served as Chief of the Executive Staff for the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College as well as an MPA and Doctorate in Public Administration from American University.